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Class Number: 40
Class Title: CARD, PICTURE, OR SIGN EXHIBITING
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
200 LICENSE PLATES
201 .With theft-preventive feature
202 ..Of plate only
203 ...With destruction of plate on removal
204 .Illuminated
205 ..With translucent plate
206 ...Plural or sectional
207 .Year tabs
208 .With reflecting means
209 .With framing means
210 .With additional signs
211 .Rotatable
212 AEROSTATIC DEVICES
213 .Skywriting
214 .Captive
215 .Towed
216 .Pamphlet distribution
217 .Ground indicia
218 FLAG-WAVING DEVICES
219 TRANSLUCENT MIRRORS WITH INDICIA
1 EXHIBITORS
1.5 BADGES
1.6 .Changeable reading
124.1 DISPLAY CARDS
124.5 MEMORIAL TABLETS
299 CHECK, LABEL, OR TAG
300 .Animal markers
301 ..Ear or wing tags
302 ...Clasp or overedge type
303 ..Harness-supported
304 ..Leg bands
305 .Bale-carried indicia
306 .Barrel-, can- or round box-carried indicia
307 ..Lid-supported
308 .Basket-carried indicia
309 .Bolt- or roll-carried indicia
310 .Bottle-carried indicia
311 ..Cap- or cork-attached
312 .Box-carried indicia
313 ..With lid-supporting means
314 .Brush- or comb-carried indicia
315 .Button-carried indicia
316 .Cable-carried indicia
317 .Cane- or umbrella-carried indicia
318 .Car hand strap-carried indicia
319 .Cash register-carried indicia
320 .Chair- or seat-carried indicia
321 .Cigar- or cigarette-carried indicia
322 .Coat hanger-carried indicia
323 .Coin holder-carried indicia
324 .Cup-, saucer-, plate- or tray-carried indicia
325 .Drawer pull-carried indiciaa
326 .Fluid-carried indicia
327 .Game ball-carried indicia
328 .Hand stamp-carried indicia
329 .Hat-carried indicia
330 .Key-carried indicia
331 .Knob-carried indicia
332 ..Taps or cocks
333 .Parking meter-carried indicia
334 .Pen- or pencil-carried indicia
335 ..Calendar indicia
336 .Phone-carried indicia
337 ..Dial-associated
338 ..Mouthpiece-associated
339 ..Upright phone standard-associated
340 .Phonograph record-carried indicia
359 .Folder-carried indicia
360 .Sheet-carried indicia
625 .Permanent identification device
626 ..Having transparent member
627 ...And illuminator
628 ..Secured, attached or associated by shaping
629 ...Incorporated within article by shaping operation
630 ..Secured, attached or associated by adhesive
631 ..Secured, attached, or associated by threaded member
632 ..Strip or wire formed
633 .Identification bracelet
5 .Changeable reading
6 ..Baggage checks
27 .Reinforced
27.5 .Coin or token type
634 .Key identification
635 .For use with cake of soap
636 .For attachment to shoe
637 .Food-carried indicia
638 .Adhesive-backed label (e.g., postage or revenue stamp)
639 .Carried by finger ring
640 .Carried by belt or buckle
641 .Index tabs
642 .Holder
643 ..For use with automobile
644 ...Flexible holder
645 ..For holding plant marker
646 ..For mounting at or near cornice
647 ..Having hinged clamp
648 ...And projecting spur
649 ..Item slid into holder during installation
650 ...Adapted to impart curve to card
651 ...With fastener
652 ....Spring biased clamp
653 ...Having locking detent
654 ....Permitting limited movement
655 ..Having lock
656 ...Adapted for use with mine equipment or personnel
657 ..Board or rack holding plurality of items
658 ..Clip-type holder
659 ...Holder made of wire
660 ..Tubular
661 ..Transparentt
662 .Fastener
663 ..Fastener mounted in support hole
664 ..Penetrating fastener looped through tag
665 ..Band-type fastener
666 ..Clip-type fastener
667 ..Fastener having spring hook
668 ..Fastener having head or barb
669 ..Tag having fastening spur
670 ...For use with tobacco
358 ON CLERICAL DESK ARTICLE
107 CALENDARS
109 .Charactered slide
110 .Character markers
111 .Rotatable
112 ..Clutch take-up
113 ..Disk
114 ..Single axis
115 ...Disk
116 .Single reel and web
117 .Double reel and web
118 .Endless
119 .Hinged leaves
121 .Tear-off tablets
122 .Card pockets
120 .Stands
341 COPYHOLDER
342 .Including copy-advancing means
343 ..Motor-operated
344 ..Orbital surface means
345 ...Rotary pinch pair
346 ....Including cyclical actuator
347 ..Double reel and web
348 ..Including holding means for lead end of copy
349 ..Elevatable copy
350 ...By clutch-actuated bar
351 ...By flexible elongated member
352 .Including movable indicator (e.g., line guide)
353 ..Mechanically actuated
354 ...By rack and pinion or pawl
355 ...By clutch
356 ...By means including flexible elongated member
357 ..Pivoted indicator
361 PHOTOGRAPHIC TRANSPARENCY VIEWER, E.G., X-RAY VIEWER
362 .Hand held slide viewer
363 ..With external light source (e.g., with translucent window
opposite viewing lens)
364 ...Strip film viewer
365 ...Folding or collapsible film viewer
366 .Portable slide viewer
367 ..With internal light source
368 STATION INDICATOR
369 .Post mounted
370 .Railroad car mounted
371 REGISTER, OR FILE (E.G., TELEPHONE DIRECTORY FILE)
372 .With means to separate or riffle file item (e.g., magnet)
373 .Interchangeable file item
374 ..Sliding item
375 .Sliding panell
376 .Pivoted panel
377 .Rotatable carrier for file
378 ..With means to select
379 ..With rod or channel for retaining file item
380 .Shiftable file item or file item support (non-sliding, arcuate
path)
381 ..With shift mechanism
382 ..Overlaying
383 ..Depository with positioning channel or retention means (e.g.,
rod)
384 ..Plural index
385 .Reel and web
386 ..Reversing gears
387 ..Intergeared reels
388 .Hinge mounted file item or file item support
389 ..With means to pivot
390 ..Hinged on single axis
391 ..Overlying with end exposed (i.e., shingled)
392 ...With stop or follower
393 ...Plural index
394 ...Hinge element cooperating with base
395 ....Releasably attached to file item
396 .....Cooperating with sheet fold
397 ....Extended hinge
398 ...Hinge cooperating with outwardly directed flanges of base
399 ...File item hinges to adjacent file item
400 ...Hinge cooperating with aperture in base
401 ...Secured by means through aperture or notch or engaging a
protrusion in the file item
402 ....Opposed prongs cooperating with aperture
403 ..Hinge cooperating with aperture or channel in base
404 ..Secured by means engaging aperture in file item or file item
support
405 ..File item secured to carrier by aperture or pocket
406 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH GAS OR LIQUID MOVEMENT
407 .With dispersion of fluid medium
408 ..As soap bubble
409 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH FREE ARTICLE MOVEMENT
410 .Snowfall simulator
411 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MOVABLE FIGURE DISPLAY DEVICE
412 .Fluid operated
413 ..Automobile hood ornament
414 .Electromotor operated
415 .With translation of figure
416 .With eye or lip movement
417 .With wing movement
418 .With arm and leg movement
419 .With arm movement
420 .With leg movement
421 TWO-DIMENSIONAL MOVABLE FIGURE DISPLAY DEVICE
422 .Fluid operated
423 .Electromotor operated
424 .Operated by vibration of vehicle
425 ..With eye or lip movement
426 DISPLAY DEVICE WITH MAGNETICALLY MOVED OBJECT
427 DISPLAY WITH SPECIAL EFFECTS
428 .Simulated fireplace
429 .Electromotor operatedd
430 ..Rotatable
431 ...Illuminated
432 ....Rotating lamp
433 ....Disk
434 .....Polarized
435 ...Disk
436 ..Movable screen
437 ...Grid or artwork
438 ...Moving belt
439 .Fluid operated
440 ..Rotatable
441 ...Illuminated
442 .Selective or intermittent illumination
443 ..Alternate front and rear illumination
444 ..Colored lights
445 .Movable card
446 CHANGING EXHIBITOR
447 .Alphanumeric (monogram) device
448 ..Liquid crystal
449 ..Magnetic
450 ..Bar segment, e.g., figure eight
451 ...Illuminated
452 ..Illuminated
453 .Variable reading stationary exhibitor
454 ..Lenticular lens
455 .With sound
456 ..Exhibitor (e.g., toy doll) rotated or operated by turntable or
phonograph
457 ..Exhibitor controlled by sound circuit
458 .Scale operated
459 .Door operated
460 .Door latch operated
461 .Cigar cutter or lighter operated
462 .Train-order holder
463 .With electric circuit control
464 ..Mechanical switch
465 ..Photoelectric and capacity switching
466 ..Electromotor operated
467 ...Web advancing means in combination with sensing or selector
means
468 ..Magnetoclutch let off
469 ..Magnetoclutch take-up
470 .Motor operated
471 ..Double reel and web
472 ..Endless web
473 ..Rotatable
474 ...Disk
475 ...Hinged leaves
476 ..Shifter
477 .Fluid operated
478 ..Double reel and web
479 ..Rotatable
480 ...Illuminated
481 .Pedal operated
482 .Axle operated
483 ..Double reel and web
484 ..Rotatable
485 .Pendulum operatedd
486 .Inscription cover
487 ..Movable curtain
488 ..Sliding
489 .Interchangeable plate
490 ..Sliding
491 .Sliding plate
492 .Pivoted plate
493 .Rotatable carrier for display item
494 ..Including encircling retention rod for display item
495 ..Disk-like
496 ...Clutch take-up
497 ..Hinged display item
498 ...Clutch take-up
499 ...Flaccid type
500 ...Sequential exposure of display item
501 ..Radially movable display item
502 ..Illuminated
503 ..Plural cylindrical or polygonal rotatable carrier
504 ...Biaxial
505 ....Carrier with common positive drive
506 ..Cylinder or polygonal carrier
507 ...Clutch take-up
508 .Shiftable display item or item support
509 ..Including shift mechanism
510 ...For random selection of item from group thereof
511 ...Having continuous cycle of item or item support
512 ....Endless carrier type
513 ..Reciprocating
514 .Single reel and web
515 ..Reel cabinet
516 ...Revolving
517 ..Spring rewind
518 .Double reel and web
519 ..Cluth take-up
520 ..Spring rewind
521 ...With clutch
522 ..Reversing gear
523 ...Clutch take-up
524 .Endless conveyor
525 ..Driven by frictional contact
526 ..Hinged leave
527 ..Radial leave
528 ..Clutch take-up
529 .Folding web and reel
530 .Hinge mounted display item or item support
531 ..With means to rotate
532 ...With means to select
533 ..Display item hinged on single axis
534 ..Overlaying
535 ..Hinge cooperating with aperture or channel in base
536 ..Secured by means engaging aperture in item or item support
537 ..Item secured to carrier by aperture or pocket
538 DUMMY SIGN
539 .Folding display
540 .Illuminated
541 ILLUMINATED SIGN
542 .Luminescent
543 ..Ultraviolet sourcee
544 ..Electroluminescent
545 .Gas filled tube
546 .Edge illuminated
547 ..Fiber optic, i.e., light pipe
548 .Polarized
549 .Extruded frame
550 .Light bulbs arranged in the outline of indicia
551 ..Mounted on three-dimensional alphanumeric structure
552 .Three-dimensional alphanumeric structure
553 .Having multiple function (i.e., illumination per se)
554 ..Lamp shade attached
555 ..Flashlight attached
556 ..Vehicle light
557 ..Streetlight
558 ..Elongated tubular light
559 .External light source
560 ..Projected
561 ..Concentration of natural light
562 ...With auxilliary light source
563 .Indirect
564 .Lamp box
565 ..Pavement embedded
566 ..Mailbox receptacle
567 ..Trash receptacle
568 ..Directory, e.g., building type
569 ...Map type
570 ..Exit
571 ..Collapsible
572 ..Double face
573 ..Compartmented
574 ..Detachable or hinged cover
575 ..Interchangeable plate
576 ...Interchangeable letters or numbers
577 ..Multiple spaced screen
578 ..Light or weather seal
579 ..Perforated face
580 ...Stencil screen
581 .Colored light
582 .Reflective
583 ..Reflectors arranged in the outline of indicia
584 SIGNS
585 .Directory
586 .Person carried
587 .Tire or wheel
588 .Tanker truck or car carried, reversible type
589 .Streetcar carried
590 .Trailer, wagon or cycle carried
591 .Automotive vehicle carried
592 ..Roof mounted
593 ..Interior mounted
594 .Adhesive attaching feature
595 ..Lettering kit
596 .Three-dimensional letter
597 .Suction cup mounting means
598 .Football line or down marker
599 .Door handle bar attached
600 .Magnetic attaching feature
601 .With raising or lowering meanss
602 .With wind spilling feature
603 .Stretched or tensioned
604 ..Banner type
605 .Modular
606 .Sign stand and support
607 ..Post attachment
608 ...Self righting post
609 ..Pump top
610 ..Collapsible
611 .Removable panel or sheet
612 .Highway or street marker
613 .Vibratory
614 ..Motor operated
615 .Multiple layer
616 .Embossed, molded, rolled or stamped
617 .Hanging
618 .Interchangeable
619 ..Glass
620 ..Fastener
621 ...Magnetic
622 ...Prong
623 ...String
624 .Billboard type
124 CARD RACK
124.2 .Including pockets
124.4 .Including apertures, notch or struck-out portions
152 PICTURE FRAMES
152.1 .With supports
152.2 ..Illuminated
153 .Cord or wire
154 .Embossed, molded, rolled, or stamped
155 .Extensible, folding, or knockdown
156 .Card or picture retainers
157 .Cover retainers
158.1 .Mat, mount, or back
159 ..Pocketed
159.1 ..Corner piece
159.2 ..Film mount
160 .Relief picture
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900 MIRROR THAT HAS CHANGING EFFECT
901 TV/RADIO PROGRAM INDICATOR
902 CIRCUIT CONTROL (FLASHING LIGHT, ETC.)
903 REFLECTIVE TRIANGLE FOR HIGHWAY USE
904 MAP OR CHART HOLDER
905 PEN AND PENCIL
906 SOUND
907 OUT-TO-LUNCH
908 ANIMAL OR FUR SKIN IDENTIFICATION
909 STORAGE BATTERY IDENTIFICATION
910 AUTOMOBILE LICENSE IDENTIFICATION
911 AUTOMOBILE BODY IDENTIFICATION
912 AUTOMOBILE MOTOR IDENTIFICATION
913 TOOL IDENTIFICATION
914 NUCLEAR FUEL ELEMENT IDENTIFICATION
915 GOLF CLUB IDENTIFICATIONN